Meat Eater

hoytcanon said:
I have guided many first time bowhunters to their very first animal... a black bear. They were coached well, and skill tested, but were on their own when they connected... personality and nerve have more to do with remaining calm under pressure than does experience... but of course experience doesn't hurt either. I know a few hunters that have hunted for decades and still loose their composure every time a shot is imminent.
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Yep and Hoyt is the other part of we in the Grizzly first big game animal fellow story. :cheers:
 
Ardent said:
Completely ethical, we guided a fellow this fall whose first big game animal was a grizzly bear. He made a great shot, and follow ups though it didn't go anywhere, and went on to do a full African safari a couple months later. Big difference between a guy deciding to roll off his couch and shoot a cow elk in the hind quarters with his SKS and a guy Rinella takes out to tutor, or a client guided by a guide familiar with the species (same difference). Many here in BC the first thing shot is a moose, right of passage in the north. Whether you've shot rabbits or not doesn't have much bearing on how you'll do with an elk in this guide's eye.
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To each their own. The reason I suggest people to start with smaller animals is because they tend to not be effected by "buck fever". I'm glad all of your clients are so committed and talented though. That one girl Rinella was guiding sure wasn't.
 
stuckon308 said:
To each their own. The reason I suggest people to start with smaller animals is because they tend to not be effected by "buck fever". I'm glad all of your clients are so committed and talented though. That one girl Rinella was guiding sure wasn't.
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If you are referring to the two girls that went elk hunting, I disagree... she didn't take the shot... that shows more composure and restraint than taking a shot she wasn't comfortable with and having it go bad...

I have been in many situations where I wish the hunter had shown that sort of maturity.
 
Exactly. His hunts and shows are such a breath of fresh air in the hunting industry. A friend introduced them a few years back and wish Netflix would carry them all. Everyone has to learn somewhere, and I'd rather watch that girl turn down that shot because she wasn't comfortable and shooting into the elk herd then watch most of the long distance shooting you see on certain shows. 6-7-8-900 yards. Reminds me of my grand father in law just said yesterday. He drove truck and trailer his whole life and someone was telling him about semis and young truck drivers shouldn't be allowed to drive in the snow. He looked right back blankly and said well how and when are they gonna learn to drive in the snow? Expierence is earned.

Almost everyone I know who has seen his show feels the same way, it's shown in a such a true light. Not harvesting an animal every show and showing the disappointment. Without the lows in hunting the highs just aren't as sweet.
 
stuckon308 said:
To each their own. The reason I suggest people to start with smaller animals is because they tend to not be effected by "buck fever". I'm glad all of your clients are so committed and talented though. That one girl Rinella was guiding sure wasn't.
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He wasn't exactly guiding them, they were women who work on the show. As I recall, Helen made an excellent first shot on her cow elk, which is exactly what you want to see. Sure, after the shot she got excited and lost sight of the animal, but she had an outstanding guide (Callaghan) and he got her where she needed to be and she made the shot that she needed to make.
 
uncledillers said:
I can confirm both the beaver/moose hunt, as well as the savage misfire episode are from his earlier series, "wild within".
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I will try and look that one up. On OLN it was labeled MeatEater, as I instantly fell in love with the MeatEater logo. Drew it on my hunting photo album actually. Also a few download sites had it labeled as an episode with the right description, but never anything to download.

I'll be checking this out asap see if I was led astray by OLN
 
Only season 5 and 6 on Netflix... Already finished them both (I've had a lot of free time after work, especially being sick and unmotivated to do anything.). Really neat show, I've never hunted before but just got my license and looking forward to trying my luck at it, but perhaps the show helped a bit? Either way pretty interesting just to watch lol
 
Shifty11 said:
Only season 5 and 6 on Netflix... Already finished them both (I've had a lot of free time after work, especially being sick and unmotivated to do anything.). Really neat show, I've never hunted before but just got my license and looking forward to trying my luck at it, but perhaps the show helped a bit? Either way pretty interesting just to watch lol
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Try his podcasts if you're new, I'm fairly new to hunting and there's lots of good material.
 
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